IRS Tax Help Available With The Help Of An Experienced Tax Attorney

Taxpayer Assistance Orders (TAO) Through The Taxpayer Advocate (Formerly the Office of Ombudsman)

Taxpayers have the right to apply to the Taxpayer Advocate for a Taxpayer Assistance Order. IRS tax problems such as intimidation, liens or asset seizure can be dealt with under this statutory right. John Spurgeon, both a tax attorney and CPA, can provide counsel for tax debt relief by utilizing Taxpayer Assistance Orders (TAO).

If you are suffering or believe you are about to suffer a significant hardship due to IRS actions then the Taxpayer Assistance Orders process can protect you. The situations could include:

  • Taxpayer request for an installment agreement was unreasonably denied by the IRS
  • Unreasonable decisions by IRS collections officers

Through the use of Taxpayer Assistance Order (TAO), collection staff can be ordered to release levied assets or restrain the IRS from other collections actions.

To qualify for a TAO the taxpayer must prove that the collections actions would cause significant economic hardship.

The Taxpayer Advocate Service is an independent arm of the IRS and is there to assist taxpayers deal with their IRS tax problems and to make recommendations to prevent similar problems in the future.

This remedy is there to provide IRS tax help where the taxpayer has been unsuccessful in resolving an issue through normal channels. It is a much less costly alternative to litigation. The problem could be a:

Missing refund check

  • Payments not accounted for correctly or not at all
  • Errors in an IRS audit
  • Relevant information withheld by the IRS

Once a TAO request has been filed, actions will be taken to suspend collection actions during the investigation.

Don’t let an IRS collection employee badger you. IRS tax help is available through the use of TAOs. The IRS tax problem may be the IRS itself. We are tax lawyers and CPAs with broad experience dealing with the IRS and are confident that we can be of assistance to you.

Please call 626-440-9518 for a complementary consultation.